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republican primary voters wouldn't have liked to have heard that, but they've already come home to romney. and i don't think that obama did himself any good with the kinds of voters who are still making up their mind. >> george will, nicole says republicans are going to be happy with that. are you one of them? and then, the second question, did you hear anything tonight that would change someone's mind? >> i'm not sure about the latter, but george, just four days ago on a sunday morning, governor christie of new jersey said this debate would change dramatically the narrative of the election, may have done that. mr. romney came in with three things to accomplish. first, the polls showing him behind were in danger of becoming self-fulfilling prophesie prophesies. i think he probably stopped that in its tracks tonight. second, he wanted to use this forum to correct what he thinks are serious misrepresentations of him, regarding medicare and taxes and the scope of the tax cuts and the revenue neutrality and all of that. third, he wanted to make the philosophic statement. he knows this is a co
republican primary voters wouldn't have liked to have heard that, but they've already come home to romney. and i don't think that obama did himself any good with the kinds of voters who are still making up their mind. >> george will, nicole says republicans are going to be happy with that. are you one of them? and then, the second question, did you hear anything tonight that would change someone's mind? >> i'm not sure about the latter, but george, just four days ago on a sunday...
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voter or fan for something that would change the apparent course of the election which you look at the thing nationally and it appears to be a pretty tight race. if you look at it in the key states. president obama appears to be ahead nearly everywhere. and by a significant margins in some places such as ohio where it's several points. now, you can't say that it's over. it certainly is not straight line projections are very dangerous in politics. things can change. always on the lookout for something to change it debate might much although it hasn't happened very often. >> bill: i think it's going to happen this year one way or the other. this is the stat that i will point to the rat muffin poll has the president up by three which is good news by the president. has had romney up most of the other polling polling times however when asked are you definitely going to vote for your guy? definitely 43% in the rasmussen poll say yes for romney only 42 for barack obama. i believe if mitt romney does well and can sting the president like ronald reagan stung jimmy carter that he will immediatel
voter or fan for something that would change the apparent course of the election which you look at the thing nationally and it appears to be a pretty tight race. if you look at it in the key states. president obama appears to be ahead nearly everywhere. and by a significant margins in some places such as ohio where it's several points. now, you can't say that it's over. it certainly is not straight line projections are very dangerous in politics. things can change. always on the lookout for...
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i mean, it's not like mitt romney's not an energizing candidate who connects with working class voters and hasn't switched positions a lot. so i do sort of understand their pain on this. >> john, a lot of pollsters are saying, look, it's funny how these complaints never seem to come from winning campaigns or folks in the lead. what do you make of it? >> listen, ari has a legitimate point. there's a legitimate debate about how do you weight these polls. pollsters have to weigh the data to simulate an election after they call 500 or 1,000 people and you had the big republican win in 2010. now they're weighing it more like a presidential year, 2008. who is exactly right about that is a legitimate debate. ari said something huge would have to happen for the polls to swing in the battleground states, many of the battleground states as we've seen in the last week to two weeks. i would say nothing huge is happening, but several significant things have happened. i get this not just from the polls, which i don't trust all the time either, but from traveling and talking to people, including repu
i mean, it's not like mitt romney's not an energizing candidate who connects with working class voters and hasn't switched positions a lot. so i do sort of understand their pain on this. >> john, a lot of pollsters are saying, look, it's funny how these complaints never seem to come from winning campaigns or folks in the lead. what do you make of it? >> listen, ari has a legitimate point. there's a legitimate debate about how do you weight these polls. pollsters have to weigh the...
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he wanted to remind voters that romney and ryan would take us back to the bush era policies that got us into this mess. so he says. listen.... >> the last they were charged, congressman ryan voted for and governor romney approved, said he agreed with all the things that were done. when is the last time around? last time around, what caused this national debt? how did this all of a sudden happen? when he left we had a balanced budget and things were looking good. >> alisyn: this is just the drum beating for the next four years. >> that is too easy to fact check. president bush there is plenty of blame for overspending but nothing compared to the last three years. it was ten trillion we're now well over 16. >> not just president bush but paul ryan had some of these votes, medicare but the debt number is sticking in, under president obama $35.6 trillion increase in three years of his presidency compared to president bush's nearly 5 years over eight years. >> dave: both are bad but in retrospect. >> alisyn: do you think it's possible the day after election, we can start to look forward?
he wanted to remind voters that romney and ryan would take us back to the bush era policies that got us into this mess. so he says. listen.... >> the last they were charged, congressman ryan voted for and governor romney approved, said he agreed with all the things that were done. when is the last time around? last time around, what caused this national debt? how did this all of a sudden happen? when he left we had a balanced budget and things were looking good. >> alisyn: this is...
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that mitt romney is, in fact, a vampire. megyn: now, we saw during the republican presidential primary that these debates really can have an effect. candidates really were forced to leave the race based on their debate performances occasionally during that republican primary, so it's no accident that we have both sides trying to lower expectations for their candidate, including most recently the president over the weekend saying this: >> i know folks in the media are speculating already on who's going to have the best zingers -- >> you are. >> i don't know about that, you know? who's going to put the most points on the board. >> you are! >> i -- no, no, governor romney, he's a good debater. i'm just okay. megyn: the crowd wasn't getting what the president was trying to do there. [laughter] >> well, he wasn't exactly closing the deal. he didn't sound like he was too convinced of his just okayness, and certainly there's a playing this part, there's going out and saying, oh, i don't know how well we'll do, but i would say that
that mitt romney is, in fact, a vampire. megyn: now, we saw during the republican presidential primary that these debates really can have an effect. candidates really were forced to leave the race based on their debate performances occasionally during that republican primary, so it's no accident that we have both sides trying to lower expectations for their candidate, including most recently the president over the weekend saying this: >> i know folks in the media are speculating already...
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a lot of these voters are still waiting to see what mitt romney will bring. i talked to undecided voter in ohio the other day and he said he has taken his kids to president obama's rallies and romney's rallies, he likes the president but he wants to see if mitt romney can turn his campaign around. >> gregg: four or five points isn't that much in the grand scheme of things. final question. what hasn't been measured as yet is the continuing fallout over the tragic murder of christopher stevens. if evidence is uncovered that this president and his administration deliberately misled congress and tried to cover up this 9/11 terror attack what does it portend in the polls? >> that could be the october surprise if we are to see something like that. a couple of polls have shown they've been a little bit of a slip between mitt romney on terrorism. romney is seen stronger on terror because of this policy. so the very last debate in the last week of october is going to be focused on foreign policy. we may see it at the end of the election. >> gregg: great to see you. th
a lot of these voters are still waiting to see what mitt romney will bring. i talked to undecided voter in ohio the other day and he said he has taken his kids to president obama's rallies and romney's rallies, he likes the president but he wants to see if mitt romney can turn his campaign around. >> gregg: four or five points isn't that much in the grand scheme of things. final question. what hasn't been measured as yet is the continuing fallout over the tragic murder of christopher...
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mitt romney has a tax cut plan and he's not connecting it to middle-class voters. >> never talks about it. >> never talks about it. if you track his tax cuts and i did write a piece on this, you have huge savings, take-home pay for middle income families would go up a lot, like from 2,000 to as much as 10 to $12,000. to me that is golden if he would talk about it. reagan used to talk about take-home pay and how people would benefit and focus on the middle class. mitt doesn't do that. he gives a stump in ohio this past week and says don't look to me your tax cut is not have big and i'm going tyke away your deductions. what message is that? >> this not jack kemp. those that like the campian style of conservatism have been disappointed with romney. the romney high command has concluded they are not going to win a referendum campaign on president obama. they have to win a choice election. that is clear. if that is the case -- >> tloing the middle class. they have to link. >> they have to link the case. >> four years. >> you have to link the tax cuts to the middle class and get them out of
mitt romney has a tax cut plan and he's not connecting it to middle-class voters. >> never talks about it. >> never talks about it. if you track his tax cuts and i did write a piece on this, you have huge savings, take-home pay for middle income families would go up a lot, like from 2,000 to as much as 10 to $12,000. to me that is golden if he would talk about it. reagan used to talk about take-home pay and how people would benefit and focus on the middle class. mitt doesn't do...
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has an edge among certain voters. 43% of likely voters say they are certain they will vote for mitt romney. 42% say they'll vote for the president. that's a very slight edge, but 15% of voters say they are uncommitted, with a number that large, the debate takes on added importance. new jersey governor chris christie in sharp contrast to the media thinks that romney will pull off a clear win this week. listen to this. >> i've seen mitt romney do this before. he's going to come in wednesday night, go out for america, and he's going to contrast what his view is and what the president's record is and view for the future and this whole race is going to be turned upside down come thursday morning. upsidedown thursday morning, i'm going to offer an opinion, no matter what, the mainstream media will call it a big win for president obama or a bad loss for mitt romney. the bias, complicated, some is error, some is miscalculation and some of it is deliberate in my opinion. to pump up the numbers using the 2008 base giving a sense of momentum to the obama campaign. and coming up, joe trippi wil
has an edge among certain voters. 43% of likely voters say they are certain they will vote for mitt romney. 42% say they'll vote for the president. that's a very slight edge, but 15% of voters say they are uncommitted, with a number that large, the debate takes on added importance. new jersey governor chris christie in sharp contrast to the media thinks that romney will pull off a clear win this week. listen to this. >> i've seen mitt romney do this before. he's going to come in wednesday...
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while men favor romney 52-42. no question the obama campaign is targeting the ladies. >> i find such a champion in president obama and which is why i passionately support him, specifically because i'm a woman. >> he also has the story that i can tell my daughter because it shows that no matter where you start out, you can work hard and you can do whatever you put your mind to. >> it's a story that touches me and one that is very familiar to me with how i was raised, you know, and our mom was a single parent. she had spectacular dreams for herself and us girls. >> bill: with us now, fox news analyst monica crowley and alan colmes. where are women breaking for the president? >> barak obama is leeing hugely among unmarried women, but among married women, romney is actually leading by 6 to 8 points. that being said, the president does have overall a big lead among women and i think it's largely because he is had enormous success in trying to get women's attention after 2010. in 2008, he won women bay big majority. dem
while men favor romney 52-42. no question the obama campaign is targeting the ladies. >> i find such a champion in president obama and which is why i passionately support him, specifically because i'm a woman. >> he also has the story that i can tell my daughter because it shows that no matter where you start out, you can work hard and you can do whatever you put your mind to. >> it's a story that touches me and one that is very familiar to me with how i was raised, you know,...
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and i think the voters, it's very confusing to have these very short-term responses in the romney campaign. of course every campaign has to have a rapid response. but usually that should augment what is the overall strategy. it shouldn't become the strategy. and at the moment it seems like they are trying to win each news cycle rather than win the election. >> they have been chasing news cycles. and in virginia, he talked about defense cuts. that's what direct mail is for. that's not for your candidate to do that. that's what surprised me a little bit, is that romney went -- and i think what the critique is getting at, it's not that it's just small ball by the campaign. tactically you should do some of these things in certain states. but the candidate himself amplifying it and making it your entire message of the day seems like a missed opportunity. >> i don't agree with the critique in this respect. first of all, he is my favorite columnist in the world. but in this sense i think it underestimates just what a good candidate barack obama is, and how ruthlessly disciplined and capable his c
and i think the voters, it's very confusing to have these very short-term responses in the romney campaign. of course every campaign has to have a rapid response. but usually that should augment what is the overall strategy. it shouldn't become the strategy. and at the moment it seems like they are trying to win each news cycle rather than win the election. >> they have been chasing news cycles. and in virginia, he talked about defense cuts. that's what direct mail is for. that's not for...
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in pennsylvania, the president is up big. 54% to romney's 42%. he leads romney 53% to 44% in florida and in ohio, he leads by a full 10 points! 53% to 43%. the last one is really important because if history is any guide the road to th does run through ohio. no republican has ever won the white house without winning the state of ohio. no democrat has done it for over a half a century. so both candidates are in the state today and not believe me, for the first time. in fact, they have made these two candidates a combined 68 visits there this year. but today romney was trying out a brand new strategy. which was expressing emotion. he replaced his usual stories about small business owners succeeding all on their own with stories about people struggling economically. >> i've been across this country, my heartaches for the people i've seen. i was yesterday with a woman who was emotional and she said look, i've been out of work since may. she was in her 50s. i don't see any prospects. can you help me? >> jennifer: now as hard as it is for some to pictu
in pennsylvania, the president is up big. 54% to romney's 42%. he leads romney 53% to 44% in florida and in ohio, he leads by a full 10 points! 53% to 43%. the last one is really important because if history is any guide the road to th does run through ohio. no republican has ever won the white house without winning the state of ohio. no democrat has done it for over a half a century. so both candidates are in the state today and not believe me, for the first time. in fact, they have made these...
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by 8 points among likely voters. i think that's very problematic for him. if he loses ohio getting to 270 electoral votes becomes not impossible but much more difficult. >> at the same time in the national poll, right track up to 40%, still not great, but it's the highest number we've seen in a number of years. this is better for the president. the enthusiasm gap still favors the president. >> yeah. the right track number i think is fascinating, andrea, because there's no obvious reason in the country in terms of economic indicators or anything else that people should be all of a sudden getting more optimistic about the direction of the country after they spent several years in the 30s in terms of people saying right direction but you're right, any kind of boost of optimism, and you've actually seen president obama moving in coordination with this, the question of is president obama handling the economy still not great but better. anything like that, helps the incumbent. remember, president obama's not going to be ab
by 8 points among likely voters. i think that's very problematic for him. if he loses ohio getting to 270 electoral votes becomes not impossible but much more difficult. >> at the same time in the national poll, right track up to 40%, still not great, but it's the highest number we've seen in a number of years. this is better for the president. the enthusiasm gap still favors the president. >> yeah. the right track number i think is fascinating, andrea, because there's no obvious...
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as david plouffe, it feels to me a short-term issue in terms of american voters. it means it's harder for the white house to keep focusing on what was a pretty disastrous response from the romney campaign, initially. so it kind of draws a line under that. but in terms of american leadership, more broadly in the middle east, the situation is that richard pointed out was very clear. there's a lot of confusion and it's not easy for american leadership. >> this debate will continue. we're simply out of time this morning. one twitter question was very interesting about whether simpson-bowles will be implemented. any part of it if congress will go along. >>> before we go, two programming notes, watch my press pass conversation with nate silverman on our blog, there's a link on our website, nbcnews.com and monday night i'll be moderating a debate between two senate candidates, elizabeth warren will be facing off against the incumbent republican scott brown. it starts at 7:00 p.m. eastern. in you're in the area, you can watch it on your local nbc station. if not, you can
as david plouffe, it feels to me a short-term issue in terms of american voters. it means it's harder for the white house to keep focusing on what was a pretty disastrous response from the romney campaign, initially. so it kind of draws a line under that. but in terms of american leadership, more broadly in the middle east, the situation is that richard pointed out was very clear. there's a lot of confusion and it's not easy for american leadership. >> this debate will continue. we're...
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we showed you you live on fox report ryan a hunting enthusiast telling voters he and governor romney would work to prevent any more restrictions on hunting and gun ownership among other things and also talked a lot about the economy. capitol hill put a hold on nearly a half billion dollars in aid for egypt. it follows recent antiamerican turmoil across the middle east including storming our embassy in cairo on september 11th. the obama administration promised egypt emergency money but the head of the subcommittee which oversees foreign aid said she is convinced egypt does not neat it now. i'm harris faulkner. now, back to "justice." >>> there is only one way to peacefully prevent iran from getting atomic bombs. and that is by placing a clear red line on iran's nuclear weapons program. >> judge jeanine: prime minister netanyahu this week with a stern warning to prevent iran from getting a nuclear bomb. the white house later saying that president obama and the israeli prime minister spoke on the phone and that they were in complete agreement over iran. joining me now, former israeli am
we showed you you live on fox report ryan a hunting enthusiast telling voters he and governor romney would work to prevent any more restrictions on hunting and gun ownership among other things and also talked a lot about the economy. capitol hill put a hold on nearly a half billion dollars in aid for egypt. it follows recent antiamerican turmoil across the middle east including storming our embassy in cairo on september 11th. the obama administration promised egypt emergency money but the head...
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show he's competent and connect with voters? >> so on those three cs, that's where he's really got to do well. >> reporter: romney arrived in colorado to continue his debate prep, but took a brief break to rally supporters. >> what an honor. what a welcome. what a colorado welcome. thank you so much. >> the president also took a break with a visit to the nevada campaign office. >> hi, this is barack obama. how are you? [ laughter ] >> a new abc news, "washington post" poll found that 56% expect the president to win the debates. lowered expectations could be good for romney. if he turns in a strong debate performance, his campaign can boast of a big win and leave denver with some momentum. rob and paula, back to you. >> all right. thanks, karen. >> 90 minutes, and just to give you a little bit of background on this particular debate, it's the first one. it will be moderated by jim lehrer, who's the host of pbs's "newshour." they'll have 15 minutes. ask a question, two minutes to respond. jake tapper pointed out on "world news." t
show he's competent and connect with voters? >> so on those three cs, that's where he's really got to do well. >> reporter: romney arrived in colorado to continue his debate prep, but took a brief break to rally supporters. >> what an honor. what a welcome. what a colorado welcome. thank you so much. >> the president also took a break with a visit to the nevada campaign office. >> hi, this is barack obama. how are you? [ laughter ] >> a new abc news,...
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still ahead, jim angle takes his slide rule to mitt romney's tax plan. first, are democrats losing some of their advantage in registered voters? greetings from the windy city of chicago. people here sure are friendly but some have had a hard time understanding my accent. so to make sure people get every word of the geico savings message i've been practicing how to talk like a true chicagoan. switching to geico could save you hundreds of dollars on car insurance... da bears. haha... you people sure do talk funny. geico®. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. >> bret: democrats have traditionally had an advantage when it comes to registered voters. tonight correspondent doug mckelway reports the size of the advantage may be changing. >> don't boo, vote. don't be, vote. don't be, vote. vote. >> reporter: that of the repeated -- oft repeated line comes as democratic decline in some states. none more so than ohio where voter registration is down from 4 # 0,000 people from four years ago. 44% is in cleveland and surrounding
still ahead, jim angle takes his slide rule to mitt romney's tax plan. first, are democrats losing some of their advantage in registered voters? greetings from the windy city of chicago. people here sure are friendly but some have had a hard time understanding my accent. so to make sure people get every word of the geico savings message i've been practicing how to talk like a true chicagoan. switching to geico could save you hundreds of dollars on car insurance... da bears. haha... you people...
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that doesn't mean any kind of change and it doesn't mean that mitt romney isn't doing well with the voters, yet it is also true that the immigration the date is framed in some ways and framed and others, it's important to keep in mind particularly as the composition of the population changes. i guess i see these questions are differently in that i see the emergence strategies versus the deliberate strategies so when you are talking about a brand new party would be arguing is that you have this base in which you have long college-educated white voters, and also these are folks that are facing, they are being buffeted by all kind of economic structural change was in a society of the flow from that, and so the idea came from well, in 2004 you won a lot of the voters and a lawyer and then suddenly you are not a social security reform measures that created a lot of anxiety and that is something they capitalize extremely effective in 2005. so, on the ever had, you look at the affordable care act and the debate around the health reform and then you see what happens. you have this republican party
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and resonate with voters. to my predictions, romney will repeat his claim that obama got $700 billion from medicare. now, during the primaries the republicans used to claim that obama fund his health care plan with $500 billion in cuts. so how did it balloon to $700 billion? is a simple explanation to the congressional budget office over the summer issued a new asset based on a different and later tenure timeline. and so republicans decided to take the biggest number possible. but medicare spending does not mean it is being reduced to in the $700 billion figure comes from the different over 10 years between anticipated medicare spending, what is known as the baseline, and changes to laws made to reduce spending. the savings are mostly run out of from health care providers, not medicare beneficiaries. and actually the medicare actuary raised significant doubts whether any of these cuts would take place because there actually a bit onerous. according to medicare trustee reports, for those -- proposed reduction i
and resonate with voters. to my predictions, romney will repeat his claim that obama got $700 billion from medicare. now, during the primaries the republicans used to claim that obama fund his health care plan with $500 billion in cuts. so how did it balloon to $700 billion? is a simple explanation to the congressional budget office over the summer issued a new asset based on a different and later tenure timeline. and so republicans decided to take the biggest number possible. but medicare...